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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
4
A column argues that vice presidential candidates are undervalued and that the office should gain authority and seriousness. It calls for parties to nominate a strong vice presidential figure and for Congress or the president to improve the role’s duties and visibility.
The British Board of Trade figures show rising living costs in many countries. United States prices up 96 percent, Britain 130 percent, Belgium 142 percent, Sweden 159 percent, France Italy Norway over 200 percent, Denmark 296 percent, Germany 366 percent. Americans are thus comparatively better off.
A parish house group talks of surviving high living costs by trimming non essentials. A minister’s wife explains wartime thrift, choosing necessity over fashion, and living on less. Other women fear social judgment if they imitate the plan.
A Nevada man narrowly escaped death from strangulation when the governor granted a reprieve just in time. Separately, observers noted a total lunar eclipse, while jokes about moonshine persisted.
Washington May 26 The Agriculture department reports 1920 maple syrup production at 2,606,000 gallons versus 3,854,000 in 1919 and maple sugar at 7,529,000 pounds compared with 10,169,000 in 1919.
Herbert Hoover is under consideration by MIT’s Executive Committee to succeed the late Richard C. MacLaurin as president. The report came from Boston, Massachusetts, in late May.
Guy Hedge Moore born June 25 1878 in Harvard Nebraska dies May 17 1920 at his Albany Ohio home aged 41 years 10 months 22 days He lived with his uncle Elias Moore in Chillicothe Ohio and attended Jesuit College in Denver and a veterinary college in Toronto He served in Co H 7th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Spanish American War and belonged to Veterans and K P Lodge He married Goldie Dailey in 1907 and leaves three children Bernice Beatrice Guy Elias his mother Mrs Martin McDonough and a brother George His life in Columbus Ridgeway and Albany showed his devotion to family after uniting with the M E church He passed after long illness showing patience and faith He is survived by his wife and children and other relatives.
The passage lists various Athens residents and visitors amid social calls and shopping. Individuals such as Mr. and Mrs. Zine Courtney, Miss Ethel Anderson, Floyd Whitlatch, Ralph Porter, and others are described as visiting, shopping, or staying with friends in nearby towns including Nelsonville Buchtel Vinton county and Amesville.
The Athens Hi Alumni announce the year’s climax event a banquet and dance on June 7 at the Masonic Temple. Dinner at six dancing from eight to twelve. Tickets $1.25. Spouse invited. An annual Alumni affair with careful arrangements to ensure success.
Dallas, May 26. Sixteen delegates at large including four women were chosen by the Texas state Democratic convention for the San Francisco convention. They are uninstructed but carry a resolution highly commending William G McAdoo, with each delegate holding a quarter vote.
Residents of Hooper Ridge and nearby Athens areas enjoy a series of Sunday visits. Families including Hudnall, Keirns, Mingus, Lins eoilt, Kasler, Bryson, Morris and related relatives shared time with kin at multiple local homes and towns.
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